As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 372 The keyword is "light"!
As Mr. Victor said.

One of Marger's dreams was to create an "Armstrong cyclotron-accelerated Armstrong cannon."

Don't worry about why he does this, he just wants to do it.

Nanami looked at the drawing with empty eyes and asked, "This isn't your idea, is it?"

Henry shook his head with a hint of guilt: "Yeah, I'm not that creative."

Li Nuo scanned the lines on the drawing.

Maljie's painting skills are hopeless.

Usually when Ma Ge made drawings, Li Nuo and Victor assisted him.

"Marger?"

"Who?"

Seeing that Henry didn't know Malger's name, Li Nuo closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, his pupils burst out with the pretentious aura of Long Aotian.

"Humph."

"Ahhh!" Henry understood immediately: "Osbaldo!"

Li Nuo's brows twitched. Malger is a scholar in Cyberpunk. The so-called scholar line comes from Octopath Traveler. In that game, the protagonist of the scholar line is named "Osbaldo". It can only be said that Malger has awakened strange memories.

So Li Nuo picked up the pen and drew Maljie's face in a minute.

Henry was surprised at Li Nuo's painting skills and nodded: "Is it him, your friend?"

Li Nuo nodded: "I guess so."

Cha Bai was sitting in the inner room trimming his legs at this time, and he shouted outside: "If he did anything to offend you, please forgive him."

In her mind, Maljie and Li Nuo, the ones who run out alone, are always the ones who cause trouble.

Henry smiled and said, "No, that gentleman is my assistant..."

Here's the thing.

One day, Malger found out Henry's address.

"That gentleman said that he wanted to create a weapon that could allow the Beast-eared Tribe to protect themselves, so he came to ask for my advice."

Henry was lost in memory.

"But after that, we forgot about the beast-ear tribe and devoted ourselves to our work. How should I put it... He is a genius. One time, I drank too much in a special tavern in the city, and he came to pick me up. When he came back, he drew the prototype of this blueprint."

Henry took a sip of hot water and exhaled.

"Using the principle of collision to accelerate the movement of creatures, using the monster's explosion as an igniter, why didn't I think of this before..."

When he said this, he looked at everyone excitedly.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It's okay..." Chen Shou gave him face: "I just think that your train of thought..."

Nanami said bluntly: "You are not in your right mind either."

"Hahaha~" Henry laughed cheerfully, "Yeah, I'm just a researcher who wants to study the infinite possibilities of weapons and equipment. The Creation Mountain contains all kinds of possibilities, but... ever since the old president took office, he started to implement 'large-scale hunting' of monsters, whether monsters or beast-eared people, this possibility is slowly disappearing. The ecosystem of the Creation Mountain is being destroyed by adventurers and desperadoes year by year. Sooner or later, this place will become a barren land."

"That's true." The security officer beside him summarized, "Since the old president took over, the division of responsibilities for hunting monsters has been strengthened."

"What duties?" Chen Shou asked.

"That is to say..." the security officer explained, "Rewards for hunting dragon creatures, and cooperation with the Principality to bring in adventurers to manage the ecological crisis of the Creation Mountain."

"To put it bluntly, it means the wanton slaughter of monsters, right?" Chen Shou said.

"Yes." The security officer nodded. "Fifty years ago, before the old president took office, the main task of the Adventurer's Guild of Chuangjie Mountain was to cooperate with the Principality to collect materials that could be taken out. In the past fifty years, it has changed to killing monsters indiscriminately, regardless of whether the corpses of those dragon creatures can be taken out of Chuangjie Mountain."

Henry said: "In fact, according to the laws of the Creation Mountain, it is a meaningless massacre. The increasing number of humans is also squeezing the living area of ​​the Creation Mountain Beast Ear Tribe."

"Stop." Li Nuo immediately got back to the topic and asked, "Your assistant is 'humph'. Where did he go?"

Henry said, "He's gone."

Nanami's heartbeat quickened: "Why are you leaving?"

Chen Shou had an uneasy feeling, thinking that it was not a serious matter.

Henry looked down at the food on the table and shook his head slightly: "He insisted on paying the bill that day, but it should have been me who paid, so we had a fight..."

"That's enough." Li Nuo expected this and asked again: "Where did he go? No clue?"

Henry said, "Maybe he went to collect materials to make Armstrong."

Li Nuo: "Do you have anything else related to him? Show it to us."

Henry stood up, rummaged through the boxes, and said, "He always draws some strange things at home. I wonder if it's useful to you."

The uncle took out a notebook.

After opening.

Henry thought thoughtfully, "I haven't heard of a demon hunter, but it must have caused him great psychological trauma. Sometimes he would wake up from nightmares, saying that the demon hunter was using him to experiment with weapons again. I asked him who the demon hunter was, and he said he didn't know, maybe it was some hateful thing in his memory."

He looked at everyone: "Do you know the Demon Hunter?"

Li Nuo quickly closed the book: "I don't know."

Nanami and Chen Shou looked at Li Nuo as if he were a devil.

What on earth did you do to Malja?
Henry said, "I'm not kidding you guys. There are only two possible places he could go. One is to look for materials to make cannons, and the other is to look for clues to restore his memory. But I have a way..."

"Well, make the 'Armstrong Cyclonic Acceleration Armstrong Cannon'." Li Nuo said, "That guy will be attracted back by powerful weapons. This is the sense of smell that only craftsmen have."

Henry nodded: "Brother, do you know him well?"

Li Nuo: “Almost.”

Henry asked again: "The demon hunter..."

"Okay." Li Nuo said, "I don't have anything else to do right now, uncle, please help me."

He said as he placed a large bag containing various materials on the table.

"Uncle, relax first."

While speaking, Li Nuo raised his hand and released the [Seal of Axi].

Uncle Henry's eyes were dull.

Li Nuo stared into his eyes.

"Did you say anything false just now?"

"No."

“What was the motivation for making the cannon?”

"Protect the Beast-ear Tribe..."

At this point, Henry's pupils began to tremble.

"Your craftsmanship?"

At this time, Henry regained consciousness.

"When I was young, I was called the 'Craftsman of Light'."

……

"Light Craftsman?"

Elise, sitting on the cable car, was puzzled.

She looked at Xueli who was sitting opposite her.

"What the hell is that?"

"It is said that he can see the future of equipment." Xue Li flipped through the information and said, "He was once the most promising master craftsman in the Adventurer's Guild, but because he was cheated on too many times, he gradually became confused. Later he became a useless person."

The bald adjutant touched his bald head, looked at his reflection in the glass, and sighed: "A wise man stops at love."

Everyone looked at him.

This joke is meaningless.

“Forget it then…” Elise was disappointed: “I saw the Light Craftsman in the biography, and he said he would help me make some equipment…”

“Mehahaha…” The old president, who was sitting at the back, said with a smile, “Mr. Henry… I have an impression of him. I even investigated this genius at that time, and later found out… he seemed to be a little bit short of the mark…”

"Why did the old president follow us?" The bald adjutant pointed at the old guy with disdain.

"The old president is familiar with the second floor and is the best guide." Xue Li said, "Since your job is to help the Principality investigate the problem of the loosening of the barrier, you need the old president."

The bald adjutant wanted to say something, but was stopped by Elise.

Fifty years ago, when there were not so many adventurers in Chuangjie Mountain, it was the old president who promoted the status of the Principality and adventurers in Chuangjie Mountain.

I believe the old president is right.

"girl."

The old president narrowed his eyes and looked at Amanda who was sitting opposite him.

"Not long ago, there was a young man with a cane. He smelled like a brave man."

The old president closed his eyes, smiled, and took a deep breath.

"I originally wanted to pay attention to that young man, but until you showed up, your sword had traces of slaying demons and monsters."

She was referring to Amanda's dragon-slaying sword.

"Girl, are you the savior or the devil?"

"..."

Elise turned her head to look at them.

"This is a heroic mercenary who fought against the Demon King's army. He should be considered a brave man."

"Hahaha...hahaha~Okay, okay."

The old president nodded.

"If you are the savior, go and kill the dragon girl."

Xue Li was curious: "Old President, isn't that the world-destroying creature that came out of the door fifty years ago?"

The old president was silent for a few seconds.

"Maybe he's still alive."

……

"What a coincidence, I'm the Warrior of Light." Li Nuo joked with a smile.

"I really am the craftsman of light!" Henry was unhappy.

"I really am a Warrior of Light too!"

"Dude...you're a good guy, but there's a dead air in your eyes, and it has nothing to do with light."

"What does the light have to do with people who are starving to death? The poor are left with only naked craftsmen?"

"I'm serious!"

It's magical that these two officially verified "lights" don't believe that the other is "light".

Henry said, "I can see the future of your equipment. My eyes are a light, so beautiful! Ah! For example!"

He pointed at Li Nuo's black priest tunic.

"An outfit that provides perfect resistance to curses!"

Then he pointed at the tea-white backless dress.

"It's shameless, but it can increase the power of magic!"

Finally, Henry pointed at Nanami and yelled, "Flat chested!"

Li Nuo applauded: "Great!"

Nanami: "My case has nothing to do with equipment!"

A crisp voice came from the kitchen: "I think it's because there is a sponge pad inside the bra, so it looks at least one cup size larger."

Nanami lowered her head. In fact, the [Random Card] she drew during the previous mission rewarded her with a useless bra that increased her cup size...

Die walked out of the kitchen, her whole body covered with white unclean things.

"Mr. Lee."

Die grabbed the poisonous bird's ○○ with one hand and smiled in a particularly unhappy manner.

"Can I curse at people?"

This girl said dirty words for the first time.

"I remember you said you wouldn't let me be a killer. I was quite touched at that time. I'm such a fool. How could I forget that you're a bastard? Compared to killing people, is being exposed to three ways all day the way out for a girl like me? Huh? You might as well let me wear high heels and a miniskirt, hold a cigarette in my mouth on the street, find a man to knock on the car window, and say "Sir, three hundred for the night". At least that would only splash my mouth, but this stuff splashed all over me, bastard~"

These words made Nanami and Chen Shou look at Li Nuo at the same time, then look back at Die, and sigh: These two look alike.

"Oh no..." Li Nuo corrected her: "With your conditions, staying overnight will cost at least 8000."

Cha Bai stared at Li Nuo with eyes wide open: "Why do you look so familiar?"

Li Nuo quickly changed the subject: "Die, since you can't come recently, why don't you just cook more food? We can take it with us as a small lunch box and eat it anytime. I'll give you the money."

"You used money to lure a young girl like me into having intimate contact with the lower world. Mr. Li, you are really a heartless person. Be careful that the Pope will appear in your dream." Die gave him a middle finger, and then asked Henry: "Sir, there is a beast-ear tribe in your kitchen. Is that food?"

"Ah?" Henry was stunned: "Don't touch him! He's a thief from the neighborhood! Sometimes he comes to me to help me make things!"

five minutes later.

Henry let go of the beast-eared kid who had been stripped naked and was waiting to have his hair removed, and came back with a forehead covered in sweat.

"Then let's make a deal." Li Nuo said seriously: "We will help you find the materials to make the 'Armstrong Rotating Armstrong Cannon', and you will upgrade the suit for us. Since we saved you, we will give you a discount."

Henry shook his head: "It's a bit difficult."

Li Nuo: "In that case, what will you use to make up for the lack of discounts?" He made a circle with his fingers and said, "Equivalent exchange."

The security officer whispered to Chen Shou, "Has this guy always lived like a bandit?"

Chen Shou: "It's much better now."

At this time, Henry took out a book from a pile of papers, and said while thinking: “How can I charge money for saving my life? I will solve all problems for free.”

Henry is a good guy.

If he was a little bit bad, he wouldn't be cheated all the time, let alone be bullied by his peers and have no living space. Many people say so.

Henry made a list of ways to modify the equipment they were carrying.

The materials on monsters have many uses.

Scales and skins are used to make outer garments, internal organs are processed into firearms, and bones are transformed into weapons.

Li Nuo and Cha Bai's clothes have low impact resistance, so they can be processed with the scales and skin of the Overlord Fire Dragon. Nanami will redo the robot's guide device, and Chen Shou will customize the long-range weapon.

The most time-consuming thing is to repair Cha Bai's weapon. Using the [Golden Hair of the Great Witch] can indeed strengthen the hammer, but Henry needs to think carefully about how to do it.

Henry paid all the processing costs out of his own pocket.

When Chen Shou thought that he was so poor, Henry didn't care: "I have an apartment on the first floor of Chuangjie Mountain."

This is just like a white-collar worker with a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan who feels sorry for the flower-selling lady, but he doesn't know that the lady owns six houses in the city.

In fact, most of the indigenous people living in Chuangjie Mountain now are descendants of those who stayed here when Chuangjie Mountain ascended hundreds of years ago. They are incompatible with the outside world because of some rules of Chuangjie Mountain. Once they leave here, it is often difficult to return to their hometown, so most people choose to stay in Chuangjie Mountain. After all, the world outside is not necessarily beautiful.

"It's as simple as that..."

Henry was rummaging through the big bag that contained materials from Li Nuo and the others, and he found the Overlord Fire Dragon's Explosive Egg. Although it had been sliced, the size of the Explosive Egg was still astonishing.

Uncle Henry was delighted: "Incredible, you actually picked the eggs of the Overlord Red Comet Dragon from its roots!"

Chen Shou's brows trembled: "Can you not make such a vulgar speech so passionately?"

"There's one more thing I need your help with." Li Nuo took out the drawings of the [Creation Mountain Atlas] and the fragments of the [Emile Mask] and placed them on the table.

"Oh, I see." Henry's eyes flickered, really flickered, and he said, "The effects of the two can be combined."

He calculated the time.

If you don't regard yourself as a human being, two days will be enough.

Li Nuo plans to ask Mr. Victor for help (to learn from him), and that will take just one day.

Then Uncle Henry made a list of the things he needed.

In addition to the explosive egg of [Overlord Fire Dragon] that already exists.

The rest are the giant ○○ of [Casey Sand Dragon], ○○*10 of [Fossil Wing Bird], and the rainbow cockscomb of [City Flirt Bird].

The most difficult one is the explosive egg of the Overlord Fire Dragon.

The rest is easier to handle.

However, Li Nuo noticed something unusual in this incident.

……

"The branch line was not triggered."

Li Nuo rode on the back of the vulture dragon and flew through the woods. He left his priest's coat at Henry's place and wore a junior adventurer's coat that he had rented from the guild.

"Wait, what do you mean, what branch line?"

The security guard sitting behind him was puzzled.

Li Nuo ignored him.

Chabai chased from the other side riding a similar Eagle Dragon. She was wearing a [Witch's Long Dress], and her hammer was left with Henry. Now she had a [YoRHa Tactical Sword] pinned to her back.

"You mean, no branch line is triggered, which means Mr. Henry is..."

"It's part of the hidden worldview." Li Nuo took over the conversation and said, "It is known that this world has a hidden worldview. We have triggered a hidden event, which is..."

[Optional Mission: The Collapse of Chuangjie Mountain]

[Mission details: This mission is a challenge mission. There are abnormal phenomena on every floor of Chuangjie Mountain]

[First level: Overlord Fire Dragon]

[Fire Dragon has been solved]

[You may have prevented the future danger of the collapse of Chuangjie Mountain]

[Second and third layers: a certain player]

"Now we can be sure that a certain player is Maljie. But we don't know what Lao Ma did." Li Nuo pondered and curled his lips: "Henry is a good man, there is no problem, unless his name is O. Henry, but [Seal of Axi] will not deceive me. At least this guy has no malicious intentions."

Cha Bai: "Anyway, let's just follow Henry's mission instructions. Malger might really go to look for those materials. If there are no good clues, we can use the [Shuttle Gate]."

The rules of the Creation Mountain restrict space spells. Although the ability of [Gate of Time Travel] can still be used, it only guides them to a suitable area, and does not directly give them the answer.

If Cha Bai uses [Ring of Destiny], the success rate of guidance will increase.

But she had to keep the [Ring of Destiny], especially after facing the Golden Lion, she was even more determined to use this last resort, and not to use it unless it was absolutely necessary.

After all, waste is shameful.

But Li Nuo was not too worried that the "Wrath of Bahamut" people would catch Malge.

1. [Rescuer] needs to be rescued to be activated.

Second, they don’t understand Maljie.

Once Ma Ge regains his memory, the damage caused will take his entire life to make up for.

Li Nuo found it funny when he thought of the scene of Lillian having her head splashed with shit.

"Li Nuo." Cha Bai asked anxiously, "That light craftsman..."

"Don't take it seriously." The person who spoke was the security guard. He held Li Nuo's waist and said in the bumpy ride, "There are a total of 27 people with the title of 'Light' in the entire Chuangjie Mountain. Titles are just for fun, there's no need to take them seriously. But his craftsmanship is indeed very famous."

Li Nuo took out the second layer of "Adventurer's Code" and opened the page with a folded corner.

"Just like what's said in the book, for example, there are fifteen trial shrines found on the second floor, but only one of them is really useful. The rest are just decorations that are deliberately used to make things difficult for people and not give them good things."

The long grass leaped into the air.

The vulture dragon leaped over the thick tree trunk, landed on the ground, kicked up a cloud of dust, and continued to fly.

Their target is the Sand Dragon.

As early as an hour ago, Li Nuo smiled and dragged the security guard to the Adventurer's Guild and asked the security guard to register himself as an adventurer. In this way, they no longer had to poach all the time, but could borrow missions openly.

The materials listed by Henry require hunting monsters. These hunting targets can be found in the guild’s general task list. Among them, the Earth Sand Dragon and the Sao Bird are closest to Henry’s residence.

These two are in the charge of Li Nuo and Cha Bai.

The fossil winged bird is in the hilly area in the north, and Nanami and Chen Shou go there.

The decision on personnel allocation was made by Li Nuo.

Don't think that he has thought it through carefully, he doesn't deserve to. He just thinks that Nanami and Chen Shou are both complainers, and the safety officer is also a guy who likes to complain. You know, it is enough to have one person responsible for complaining in a team.

In addition, the safety officer is a human navigator. Li Nuo was tired of Chen Shou and Nanami's complaints and wanted some fresh blood, so he decided that he and Cha Bai would bring the safety officer.

In order to make up for the personnel balance, Li Nuo gave Doulong's Poké Ball to Nanami.

In his words: "This fighting dragon listens to everyone except me."

He also warned Nanami that the Doulong was an extremely powerful fighter and should not be released unless absolutely necessary, after all, the time it could appear in this world was limited.

"It's not far ahead."

Li Nuo took a deep breath and smelled a particularly strong earthy smell.

Cha Bai asked, "Besides us, there is another team that has taken on the mission of the Earth Sand Dragon, right?"

Li Nuo said "hmm".

Starting from the second floor, the strength of the monsters increases sharply.

Adventurers can take on multiple quests, and if the bounty is unevenly distributed, compensation will be provided by the principality.

Li Nuo put away the book and stopped the vulture dragon. He saw many footprints of people walking on the ground.

"By the way, there are really a lot of adventurers."

"If the old president hadn't issued the massacre order, I'm afraid that Chuangjie Mountain would still be backward now." The security officer shrugged his shoulders and asked: "Have you met the old president?"

Li Nuo remembered the old lady he met in the Adventurer's Guild on the first floor.

"That person has made great contributions to the Creation Mountain. Because of the laws of the Creation Mountain, this place has always been regarded as a place of exile for prisoners."

The so-called law refers to the rules set by the great wizard who created Mount Creation three hundred years ago: living creatures emerging from the "Confluence of the Celestial Spheres" cannot leave Mount Creation; in order to avoid resource wars, armies of more than a hundred people cannot enter Mount Creation.

Li Nuo recalled what he saw in the new rules.

In fact, there should be three rules when broken down: not allowing the people of the principality to station a large number of troops, not allowing living things born from the "Convergence of the Celestial Spheres" to leave the mountain, and not allowing evil things to be brought out of the Creation Mountain.

The connection behind this must be a hidden worldview.

Li Nuo put his thoughts aside for the moment.

In the distance, there is the sound of artillery fire!

Amid the explosions of artillery fire, an adventurer named Jaher rushed out of the smoke.

"Found the footprints."

He used the microphone to call his teammates within twenty meters and pointed to the area of ​​strange magic factor seen by the naked eye.

Then, the sound of gunfire was heard from behind. Two adventurers in charge of long-range attacks, holding revolving magic electric cannons, bombarded the direction pointed by Jahl.

A roar shattered the nearby trees.

In the area bombarded by the shells, a space gate opened, and the dragon claws tore open the gate. The dragon head covered with rocks rushed out and knocked away Jahl, who was closest to him.

A loud sound!
An adventurer standing nearby was holding a large sword. He drew it out and chopped it on the hard dragon head. The blade broke into pieces with a crack.

The adventurer's eyes were cold, he turned the handle of the knife, released the firepower in the blade, ignited the blade, and the thermal blade cut off a piece of the sand dragon's skin, leaving a scar on its face.

Flesh and blood were spread out.

At this time, the earth sand dragon spewed out a muddy liquid, and the stench drove away the group of adventurers.

Farther away, a girl carrying a trap prop flipped through a book and said, "The Earth's Space Dragon (Earth Sand Dragon) is timid (Kathy's characteristic), so it will run away when it is hurt. In addition, its shell is hard, so it is extremely difficult to hunt... Hey, can you lure it over here!"

As he finished speaking, the Earth Sand Dragon turned around, blocked the main space door, swung its tail out, and put its head into the door, obviously wanting to leave.

Jahl pulled out the big hammer from his back, ran up and shouted, "Don't let it get away!"

They had been chasing the dragon for five days.

Suddenly, a dark shadow passed by Jahl.

Li Nuo leaped over him and swung out the whip blade.

There was a flash of silver light.

The whip blade wrapped around the sand dragon's tail.

Li Nuo stopped, stepped into the mud, and violently activated [Blood of Ether]! While increasing the power of his wrist, he raised his left arm to trigger [Hourglass of Time], slowing down the speed of the Earth Sand Dragon's departure.

"All right!"

he shouted.

Cha Bai came galloping from a distance on the tree trunks, leaping into the air and landing in front of the Earth Sand Dragon's portal.

An adventurer in the distance shouted, "Its portal will take you to a dangerous area! Get out!"

"Oh." Cha Bai responded.

Look past.

The speed of the Earth Sand Dragon was slowed down by Li Nuo's [Time Hourglass], and now only its head entered the portal.

So Cha Bai put his hand next to the portal and closed the portal of the Earth Sand Dragon.

Bang.

The Sand Dragon's head was "cut" off by the portal.

The headless dragon lay on the ground, twitched a few times, and then became motionless.

The hunt was successful.

"Ah this..." Jiahel was stunned: "You guys..."

"Here, here!" The security guard rushed over on his vulture dragon and was surprised to find that the hunt was already completed: "So fast?" At the same time, he took out the adventurer's badge: "One of us!"

Li Nuo turned off [Blood of Ether] and let out a sigh of relief.

Five adventurers came out and surrounded them.

The adventurers have been chasing the Earth Sand Dragon for several days. Li Nuo and his friends are chasing the adventurers just to finish them off.

But they work very hard, you have to leave something for them.

Li Nuo thought so, and under the uneasy and hostile eyes of the five people, he said: "We only want ○○ of this dragon."

This made the atmosphere suddenly feel awkward.

Jahl: "Dude...are you okay?"

After his reminder, Li Nuo reflected: "Yeah... as long as that makes me look a little suspicious..."

So he pulled out his gun and said, "Leave the money of the five of you here, or I will take your ○○ away too!"

……

The most difficult part of hunting is often how to find the prey.

Compared to the Sand Dragon, the most troublesome one is actually the "City Bird".

In a small town.

The girl held the city bird's head and sucked it.

"wrong……"

She felt that this was not a human thing to do.

So she crawled under the drawer of the abandoned house and found a straw. She inserted the straw into the bird's head and sucked it like she was drinking juice.

"Human, is this true?"

"Humanity……"

The girl has vertical pupils like a dragon.

She looked at the bird's body that she had dismembered, and finally threw away the straw.

"wrong……"

"How can I become a human..."

She faced the sunlight outside the window, and the dragon scales glowed faintly under her fair skin.

(End of this chapter)